Muzaffer Kutlay

Dr Muzaffer Kutlay joined the Oxford Belarus Observatory as a research fellow in April 2022. Before moving to Oxford, Muzaffer worked at the GCRF UKRI Compass Project as Post-Doctoral Research Associate to lead on WP3: Policy Impact and contribute to WP2: Research Integration. Earlier, Muzaffer was a lecturer in European Foreign Policy at King’s College London (2019-2021); and Lecturer in East European Politics at the University of Kent and RA to the Horizon 2020 UPTAKE project (2017-2019). She holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Kent and an MA from the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Muzaffer’s ongoing research focusses on forced migration in global politics, inter-ethnic co-existence and resilience. Her most recent publications include “Paths to Reform: EU Conditionality, Double Moderation and Transitions to Rights Regime in Bulgaria, Croatia and Montenegro” (upcoming December 2022) and “The Turks of Bulgaria: An Outlier Case of Forced Migration and Voluntary Return”. (2017) International Migration, 55 (5): 162-179.